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Trinidad, the museum city of Cuba

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Trinidad is a gem of the cuban architecturea city-museum that has become a tourist attraction and a reservoir of Cuba’s tangible and intangible heritage.

Founded more than five centuries ago, in 1514, it was one of the first seven villas built on the island by the colonizers from Spain. But while other settlements have grown into large, cosmopolitan cities, Trinidad has maintained its colonial stamp.

Trinidad, the museum city of Cuba. Photo: Otmaro Rodriguez.

With its cobbled streets, its churches, its tiled houses and its squares of yesteryear, the former town of La Santísima Trinidad seems at times frozen in time.

Its horse-drawn carriages also contribute to this anachronistic air, with its helpful coachmen, its majestic patios and its artisan and pottery tradition, which distinguishes it in Cuba and recently earned it the appointments as Creative City and World Craft City.

Sale of handicrafts and souvenirs in Trinidad.  Photo: Otmaro Rodriguez.
Sale of handicrafts and souvenirs in Trinidad. Photo: Otmaro Rodriguez.

Before, in 1988, Unesco had already declared its historic center Cultural Heritage of Humanity, along with the so-called Valle de los Ingenios.

Its Parish Church, its well-known Plaza Mayor, palaces such as the Brunet and the Cantero, today occupied by museums, and the Museum of Colonial Art, are some of its emblematic sites, obligatory stops for those who visit it, as well as its restaurants, hotels and outlets.

Dining room and fine glassware at the Museo Romántico de Trinidad.  Photo: Otmaro Rodriguez.
Dining room and fine glassware at the Museo Romántico de Trinidad. Photo: Otmaro Rodriguez.

With all these values ​​and a privileged natural environment, Trinidad is one of the most important tourist poles in Cuba.

A museum city that, like other banners of Cuban tourism, seeks these days to shake off the lethargy caused by the pandemic.

Trinidad, the museum city of Cuba.  Photo: Otmaro Rodriguez.
Trinidad, the museum city of Cuba. Photo: Otmaro Rodriguez.
Main Square of Trinidad.  Photo: Otmaro Rodriguez.
Main Square of Trinidad. Photo: Otmaro Rodriguez.
Museum of Trinitarian Architecture.  Photo: Otmaro Rodriguez.
Museum of Trinitarian Architecture. Photo: Otmaro Rodriguez.
Trinidad, the museum city of Cuba.  Photo: Otmaro Rodriguez.
Trinidad, the museum city of Cuba. Photo: Otmaro Rodriguez.
Bodeguita del Medio in Trinidad.  Photo: Otmaro Rodriguez.
Bodeguita del Medio in Trinidad. Photo: Otmaro Rodriguez.
Craft fair in Trinidad.  Photo: Otmaro Rodriguez.
Craft fair in Trinidad. Photo: Otmaro Rodriguez.
Trinidad, the museum city of Cuba.  Photo: Otmaro Rodriguez.
Trinidad, the museum city of Cuba. Photo: Otmaro Rodriguez.
Trinidad, the museum city of Cuba.  Photo: Otmaro Rodriguez.
Trinidad, the museum city of Cuba. Photo: Otmaro Rodriguez.
Trinidad, the museum city of Cuba.  Photo: Otmaro Rodriguez.
Trinidad, the museum city of Cuba. Photo: Otmaro Rodriguez.
Trinidad, the museum city of Cuba.  Photo: Otmaro Rodriguez.
Trinidad, the museum city of Cuba. Photo: Otmaro Rodriguez.
Trinidad, the museum city of Cuba.  Photo: Otmaro Rodriguez.
Trinidad, the museum city of Cuba. Photo: Otmaro Rodriguez.
Cigar roller in a place known as Taberna la Cachánchara, in Trinidad.  Photo: Otmaro Rodriguez.
Cigar roller in a place known as Taberna la Cachánchara, in Trinidad. Photo: Otmaro Rodriguez.
A variety of fans adorn the living room of a colonial house in Trinidad.  Photo: Otmaro Rodriguez.
A variety of fans adorn the living room of a colonial house in Trinidad. Photo: Otmaro Rodriguez.
Museum collection in Trinidad.  Photo: Otmaro Rodriguez.
Museum collection in Trinidad. Photo: Otmaro Rodriguez.
Gastronomic establishment in Trinidad.  Photo: Otmaro Rodriguez.
Gastronomic establishment in Trinidad. Photo: Otmaro Rodriguez.

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